seems to me -- and mr. boehner, some of the republicans, are definitely eating a little post-election crow. receive knews are on the table. to see the deal that they came back with, to the victor goes the spoils and spoil the country and the process, you know, rise above. i drop my pen running to the camera. various lot of them going to wear them. in the true spirit to rise above, i would think everything we should cover today would be, you know not only are we not cutting spending, we are raising spending and raising taxes. when we think of bowles and mr. simpson, you know, what i found fascinating is, you know, who put that commission together? the president. we all keep talking about it like, you know, that was part of the campaign, you know, that was a centerpiece. seemed like everybody was onboard. becky, truly -- isn't it apparent why the president didn't do it? the deal is crazy. he doesn't want to can you spend. >> $1.6 trillion was not the number that surprised me. it is the $400 billion in spendin